Nice day. Boys went to Sunday School. We all went to church. Boy Scouts attended. We all went up to Aunt Cora’s. Aunt Edna is in nursing home. Talked with Aunt Keitha.
Category Archives: Daily Diary Entry
Diary Entry for 2/8/1954
Very stormy. No school because of storm. Merrill went to lodge. Vern got plywood, masonite, & board for kitchen. Canceled Home Bureau sewing lessons.
Diary Entry for 2/9/1954
Washed & ironed. Billy Mattingly came home with Jim to stay all night. Merrill & boys went to Mills after chicken feed. Sent calf to sale with Halls.
Diary Entry for 2/10/1954
I went to Rebekah’s. Merrill went to Wards & Jim went to basketball game.
Diary Entry for 2/11/1954
Started boudoir chair lessons at Fireman’s Hall in PM. Merrill & I & Jim went to adult education to register. Went to P.T.A. We all went to Boy Scout Court of Honor.
Diary Entry for 2/12/1954
Merrill & I took calf to sale. Shopped at Gouverneur. Very cold. P.N. Grands at Delles’ but I didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 2/13/1954
Was 30° below zero last night. We went to city. Vern got picture taken at Rogers. 4-H at Nevilles but we didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 2/14/1954
Boys went to Sunday School. Merrill went up to Lobdell’s after pills for cows.
Diary Entry for 2/15/1954
Washed clothes. Rainy. Merrill went to lodge. I went to sewing Home Bureau lesson at Vi’s. Very foggy coming home.
Diary Entry for 2/16/1954
Very bad sleet storm. Power went off at 6:40 PM. All our trees damaged. Took down wires. Wrote Mother Tryon.
Diary Entry for 2/17/1954
No phone or electricity. Did cooking in furnace. No school.
Diary Entry for 2/18/1954
No school. Beautiful day but no power or phone. Wrote Uncle Berle. Mom & Jim sent letter to Howard.
Diary Entry for 2/19/1954
Power came on about 4:00 PM. Off for 69 hours. Howard & Ceil were here after eggs. Grand day. Got some of brush cleaned up. Boys didn’t go to school.
Diary Entry for 2/20/1954
Got some more of paper on kitchen. Vernon worked on cupboards. We went up to Bill & Vi’s in evening. Vern went to show. Windy in evening. Got phone working again.
Diary Entry for 2/21/1954
Rainy. Windy day. Boys & I went to Sunday School.
Diary Entry for 2/22/1954
Ceil Allen’s birthday. No school.
Diary Entry for 2/23/1954
Washed clothes. Finished papering. Basketball game over WATN. [A Watertown radio station.] Philadelphia won over Cape Vincent.
Diary Entry for 2/24/1954
Rainy. Merrill, Vern, & I went to city. Ordered Vernon’s pictures. I went to lodge in evening.
Diary Entry for 2/25/1954
Roy K. & Carl Hall were here with ice cream truck. Merrill & I went to adult education. Ironed.
Diary Entry for 2/26/1954
Very stormy & slippery. Vernon didn’t feel too good when he got home from school. Stomach hurt.
Diary Entry for 2/27/1954
Bennett’s were here today. Merrill got straw home from Cooks. 40 bales @.50. Baked pies, cakes, & cookies. 2 new milkers.
Diary Entry for 2/28/1954
Boys & I went to Sunday School & church. Grand day. We went for ride to Oxbow & Antwerp in evening.
Diary Entry for 3/1/1954
Washed & ironed. Jim played in basketball game. Merrill went to lodge. Windy. Vern took state scholarship test.
Diary Entry for 3/2/1954
Stormy & windy & snowy by spells. I went to boudoir chair lesson in evening at the Fire Hall. Vern finished state scholarship test in AM.
Diary Entry for 3/3/1954
Jim was sick with sore throat. Merrill & I went to Grange but not enough Juveniles came for Grange meeting.
Diary Entry for 3/4/1954
Cold & windy. Very stormy out Adams way. Jim went to school. Merrill & I went to adult education. Last meeting in typing & shop.
Diary Entry for 3/5/1954
Windy. World day of Prayer but I didn’t go. Merrill & I went to Clayton lodge with Les & Beulah. Jim played basketball.
Diary Entry for 3/6/1954
Windy. We went to city after Vern’s pictures. Started out home but was so stormy turned around at Adams Center. Was nice here.
Diary Entry for 3/7/1954
Car wouldn’t start in time so boys didn’t get to Sunday School. We went out home for dinner. Windy.
Diary Entry for 3/8/1954
Washed & ironed. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 3/9/1954
I went to chair lesson at Fire Hall. Snowed in PM. Merrill cut brush.
Diary Entry for 3/10/1954
Shellacked kitchen cupboards. I went to lodge. Merrill went to milk meeting at the high school.
Diary Entry for 3/11/1954
Grand day. Kind of cool. Washed windows inside & outside. Vernon’s picture was in Times today as class Valedictorian.
Diary Entry for 3/12/1954
Got letter from Mom wanting us to take farm. Nice day. I went to P.N.Grands at Elsie Bacon’s. Got home at 1:00 AM. Merrill finished cutting brush across road.
Diary Entry for 3/13/1954
Aunt Edna Cobb died today. Aunt Cora called. Party for George & Margaret Waters but we didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 3/14/1954
Boys went to Sunday School & church. Wet, snowy day.
Diary Entry for 3/15/1954
Washed & ironed. Grand day but cold wind.
Diary Entry for 3/16/1954
Merrill & I went to Aunt Edna’s funeral. Large funeral. Got letter from Mom, Mrs. Zimmer, & Mrs. Bennett. Merrill & I went up to Aunt Cora’s after funeral.
Diary Entry for 3/17/1954
I was sick all day with cold & sick stomach. Jim stayed all night with Billy Mattingly.
Diary Entry for 3/18/1954
Vernon sent $25.00 to Oswego College. I went to Bentley Corners Home Bureau at Belva Fikes for first time. Art Hall was here. Howard & Evelyn were over in evening.
Diary Entry for 3/19/1954
Merrill & I went to Ken’s in PM. Merrill & Ken went to auction at Pulaski.
Diary Entry for 3/20/1954
Baked pies & cookies. Cloudy, rainy day. Vern put up bird house. We all went to 4-H at Gordon Allen’s.
Diary Entry for 3/21/1954
Snowy. Boys went to Sunday School. We all went to church.
Diary Entry for 3/22/1954
Merrill’s 45th birthday. Bookkeeping adult education starts. I went. I made Merrill cake. We gave him shirt, candy, & cigars. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 3/23/1954
Merrill & I went to Gouverneur. I have headache. Nice day. Merrill got card from Mother Tryon.
Diary Entry for 3/24/1954
Grand day. Did my ironing. I went to lodge. Past Noble Grands night. Merrill & boys went to minstrel show. Very good. Got letter from Juanita.
Diary Entry for 3/25/1954
Eleanor’s birthday. Raining. wrote Eleanor & Juanita. I went to P.T.A. Received charter. Vern showed film for Coteriea [?]
Diary Entry for 3/26/1954
Cancer meeting at Philadelphia High School but I didn’t go. Was too tired.
Diary Entry for 3/27/1954
Baked & cleaned. Merrill & I went to party at Leah’s for Blanche Fikes. Boys went to show. Flood kids were over.
Diary Entry for 3/28/1954
Boys & I went to Sunday School. Sleepy today.